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Solar jets are an important field of study, as they may contribute to the mass and energy transfer from the lower to the upper atmosphere. We use the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) and Solar Dynamic Observatory (SDO)…

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We study the relationship between implosive motions in a solar flare, and the energy redistribution in the form of oscillatory structures and particle acceleration. The flare SOL2012-03-09T03:53 (M6.4) shows clear evidence for an…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 P. J. A. Simões , L. Fletcher , H. S. Hudson , A. J. B. Russell

We investigated the relationship between the spectral structures of type II solar radio bursts in the hectometric and kilometric wavelength ranges and solar energetic particles (SEPs). To examine the statistical relationship between type II…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-15 Kazumasa Iwai , Seiji Yashiro , Nariaki V. Nitta , Yuki Kubo

Evidence for two different physical mechanisms for acceleration of solar energetic particles (SEPs) arose 50 years ago with radio observations of type III bursts, produced by outward streaming electrons, and type II bursts from coronal and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-06-18 Donald V. Reames

When in situ solar energetic electron (SEE) events are closely associated with nonthermal flares, the escaping electron population is frequently observed to be much smaller than the nonthermal-radiation-emitting population near the solar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-02 Meiqi Wang , Bin Chen , Mallory Wickline , Sijie Yu , Sam Krucker , Jeongwoo Lee , Haimin Wang

Loops are one of the fundamental structures that trace the geometry of the magnetic field in the solar atmosphere. Their evolution and dynamics provide a crucial proxy for studying how the magnetized structures are formed and heated in the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-08 Zhenghua Huang , Bo Li , Lidong Xia , Mijie Shi , Hui Fu , Zhenyong Hou

The Extreme-ultraviolet Variability Experiment (EVE) onboard the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) detects the solar EUV spectra with high temporal cadence and spectral resolution. The wavelength shifts of emission lines provide key…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-04-21 Zhixun Cheng , Yuming Wang , Rui Liu

Solar eruptive events, including solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs), are typically characterised by energetically significant X-ray emissions from flare-accelerated electrons and hot thermal plasmas. Occulted events, where the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-11-13 Laura A. Hayes , Säm Krucker , Hannah Collier , Daniel Ryan

Flare kernels are compact features located in the solar chromosphere that are the sites of rapid heating and plasma upflow during the rise phase of flares. An example is presented from a M1.1 class flare observed on 2011 February 16 07:44…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 Peter Young , George Doschek , Harry Warren , Hiro Hara

We compare the characteristics of flare-accelerated energetic electrons at the Sun with those injected into interplanetary space. We have identified 17 energetic electron events well-observed with the SEPT instrument aboard STEREO which…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-10-20 Nina Dresing , A. Warmuth , F. Effenberger , K. -L. Klein , S. Musset , L. Glesener , M. Brüdern

We report on the first Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) study of cool transition region loops. This class of loops has received little attention in the literature. A cluster of such loops was observed on the solar disk in active…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-09 Zhenghua Huang , Lidong Xia , Bo Li , Maria S. Madjarska

Extreme scattering events (ESEs) in the interstellar medium (ISM) were first observed in regular flux measurements of compact extragalactic sources. They are characterized by a flux variation over a period of weeks, suggesting the passage…

We report three-minute oscillations in the solar chromosphere driven by a strong downflow event in a sunspot. We used the Fast Imaging Solar Spectrograph of the 1.6 m New Solar Telescope and the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS).…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-27 Hannah Kwak , Jongchul Chae , Donguk Song , Yeon-Han Kim , Eun-Kyung Lim , Maria S. Madjarska

Here we present the study of a compact emission source during an X1.3 flare on 2022-March-30. Within a $\sim41$~s period (17:34:48 UT to 17:35:29 UT), IRIS observations show spectral lines of Mg II, C II and Si IV with extremely broadened,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-09-13 Yan Xu , Graham S. Kerr , Vanessa Polito , Nengyi Huang , Ju Jing , Haimin Wang

We present a comprehensive study of a series of recurrent jets that occurred at the periphery of the NOAA active region 12114 on 2014 July 7. These jets were found to share the same source region and exhibited rotational motions as they…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-08 Lei Lu , Li Feng , Ying Li , Dong Li , Zongjun Ning , Weiqun Gan

During solar flares, a considerable portion of the flare atmosphere becomes heated; however, the energy deposition process is still unclear, especially in the lower solar atmosphere. Here, we present spectroscopic and imaging observations…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-24 Girjesh Gupta , Ananya Rawat , Helen Mason , Robertus Erdélyi

Impulsive solar energetic electrons are often observed in the interplanetary space near the Earth and have an attractive diagnostic potential for poorly understood solar flare acceleration processes. We investigate the transport of solar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 E. P. Kontar , H. A. S. Reid

This paper presents a study of a large sample of global disturbances in the solar corona with characteristic propagating fronts as intensity enhancement, similar to the phenomena that have often been referred to as EIT waves or EUV waves.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 Nariaki V. Nitta , Carolus J. Schrijver , Alan M. Title , Wei Liu

Various bright structures abound in the chromosphere playing an essential role in the dynamics and evolution therein. Tentatively identifying the wave characteristics in the outer solar atmosphere helps to understand this layer better. One…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-26 Rayhane Sadeghi , Ehsan Tavabi

We present a study of the frequency of transient brightenings in the core of solar active regions as observed in the Fe XVIII line component of AIA/SDO 94 A filter images. The Fe XVIII emission is isolated using an empirical correction to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 Ignacio Ugarte-Urra , Harry P. Warren